Hat-fastener.



No. 663,063. Patentd Dec. 4, |900. M. CLAUSE".

HAT FASTENER.

(Application led Sept. 1, 1900) (No Model.) I

NTTED STATES PATENT EEioE,

MARJORIE OLAUSEN, OF HAOKENSACK, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTI'ITO BEHREND WINTJEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-FASTtVENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 663,063, dated December4, 1900.

Application filed September l, 1900. Serial No. 28,726. (No model.)

T0 all whorlt it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAEJOEIE CLAUSEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin, of which the followingis a specication.

My invention relates to hat-pins, with the object in view of providing ashort pin which may be permanently retained within a hat and insertedand removed without tearing the body of the hat and which will at thesame time maintain a secure hold of the mass of hair Without injuringthe scalp.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a View of the pin in sideelevation with the parts assembled. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing thehead of the pin in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalong the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a view of the pin in detail.

A represents the shank of the pin. point, which is to' come in contactwith the hair, is enlarged, as shown at B, presenting a general coneshape. On the exterior of the cone-shaped point there is formed a rib b,which winds about the surface of the coneshaped point B after the mannerof a screwthread, so that the pin may be rot ated in one direction, andthereby forced into the mass of hair, and may be removed from the hairby being rotated in the opposite direction. The apex of the pointB issufficiently rounded to prevent the pin from piercingthe scalp, and theWinding-rib b, for screwing the pin into the mass of hair, is alsorounded, so as to prevent abrasion of the scalp.

It is intended that the point vB of the pin shall be larger than thehole through the side A with a squared socket c, adapted to fit with aneasy sliding t the squared portion a ot' the shank. The head is furtherprovided with one or two-in the present instance twospring-actuatedcatches (denoted by c' c2) fulcrumed on the opposite sides of the head Oand provided with bifnrcated ends c3, adapted to engage the shank of thepin in the recess a2. The springs for holding the catches c o2 normallyclosed into the recess a2 of the shank may either be simple coil-springsaround the pintles c4 of the levers or there may be a lit-tie fiatbar-spring c5, such as is in common use, the particularform of springforming no part of my present invention.

In operation the head O may be removed from the shank A by pressing theends of the spring-catches toward one another, releasing their grippingends from the shank, and the shank A may then be inserted from theinside of the hat through the wall of the hat or through an eyelet ofsuitable size set in the wall of the hat. The head O may then be placedin position on the pin, and because of the squared socket in the head inengagement with the squared portion a of the shank the pin may berotated in one direction'or the other at pleasure to screw it into themass of hair or remove it therefrom.

The present invention contemplates the use of a pin three inches or lessin length to meet any objections that are commonly urged against the useof long pins reaching through the hat and criticised as dangerousWeapons.

It is obvious that slight changes might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly tothe structure herein set forth;` but l. A hat-pin comprising a shankprovided with an enlarged tapered point having a windingrib thereonafter the manner of a screwthread and a removable head, substantially asset forth.

2. A hat-pin comprising a shank provided with a screw-like point andwith a recess near IOO its opposite end, a removable head anda l catchcarried by the head for engaging the spring-catch carried by theremovable head for engaging the recess in the shank to hold the head inposition, substantially as set forth.

3. A hat-pin comprising a shank provided With a screw-like point at oneend, a squared portion terminating in a point at the opposite end, arecess intermediate of the squared portion and the shank, a removablehead provided With a squared socket for engaging the squared portion onthe shank and a springrecess in the shank to hold the head in position,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the `foregoing as 15 my invention I havesigned mynarne, in presenee of two Witnesses, this 9th day of March,1900.

MARJORIE CLAU SEN. Witnesses:

CHAS. S. OLAUsEN, EDITH E. OORNING.

